Betts said the Texas workers' compensation system is performing very well. He noted that other states are looking to Texas as the model system for the nation.

"In the 1990s and early 2000s, Texas was nearly on par with California with high costs that threatened to bankrupt the system," said Betts. "Regulators turned Texas around with the ODG treatment guidelines, the closed drug formulary and an ombudsman program created to help injured workers without attorneys to navigate the system."